Haas, Kitty, 1923-
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1923-07-27
Biographical note
Kitty Haas was born in Europe on July 27, 1923, and emigrated with her parents to the United States from Vienna, Austria, in 1940. After moving, Haas became interested in art and studied painting with Hans Hoffman and Hyram Gross in New York. She also developed an interest in American history, specifically the Shaker community and the Roycroft movement. Later in life, Haas merged her interests in history and art to open boutique and antique stores in Greenwich Village, New York; Newport, Rhode Island; Nantucket, Massachusetts; and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Kitty Haas collection of Elbert Hubbard and Roycroft materials
Collection
Identifier: BC-2022-065
Abstract
Collected by Roycroft Shops expert and antiquarian Kitty Haas, materials document the life of writer, publisher, and philosopher Elbert Hubbard, who founded the reformist community of craftspeople, known as the Roycrofters, in 1895. Collection consists of Roycroft-related advertisements and broadsides, ceramics, correspondence, newspaper articles, photographs and sketches, and printing press records. Also included are papers documenting the assemblage of the collection and Kitty Haas's...
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research. Negatives in Shared box 1274 are not an access medium and are not available for use.
Dates:
1870 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1895 - 1939